Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 384
l; but you and John are of unequal weight,so that you perceive the plank must be drawn a httle furtherover the prop to make the arms unequal; and John, who isthe lighter, must be placed at the extremity of the longerarm. Thus arranged, you wiU exactly balance each other;and as each of you, on your… … Do we then describe the arcs of a circle as we ascendand descend? Undoubtedly you must. Look at this diagram, said Mr.Seymour, and you will see at once that the plank can onlymove round its center of motion; for how could you rise, oryour brother fall, perpendicularly in a straight hue? Youmust, in…
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